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The 39-year-old defendant was also charged with possessing a knife in a public place.

No pleas were entered and he was formally remanded into custody by Judge Nicholas Dean QC at a hearing later that day.

Det Insp Blockley said dead man’s family, in India and the USA, were being updated on developments.

Dr Christina Swann, assistant coroner for Leicester City and South Leicestershire, agreed to suspend the inquest while police inquiries continued - and for a second post mortem examination to take be carried out - before the deceased’s body can be released.